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Kimberly Kirkendall, CPA (Moderator)
President, International Resource Development
Ms. Kirkendall focuses on China and developing business between it and the US. She is able to combine her background in manufacturing, operations, and management with her over 20 years of experience in Asia to lead companies through their own business development. She has been an advisor to many distinguished international professional and trade organizations around the country. In addition to her consulting firm, Ms. Kirkendall promotes the implementation of Chinese language programs in public schools. |
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Chris P. Hegele
Managing Director of Procurement, Masco Retail Cabinet Group
Mr. Hegele has extensive supply chain management experience in the consumer goods and automotive industries. He excels in global sourcing, organization and strategy, cost management, and supplier quality. At Masco Corporation, Mr. Hegele is responsible for purchasing, material scheduling, and inventory control operations. Prior to joining Masco he worked for Chrysler in Shanghai, China. He is active with the Supply Chain Management Advisory Board at Miami University. |
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Thomas Hargis
Manufacturing Tooling Professional, Metaldyne
As a dedicated and diligent professional leader at Metaldyne for over 20 years, Thomas Hargis successfully managed the startup of the company's first China manufacturing facility. In doing so, he not only hired and trained all local employees in the skills necessary, but established local China tooling vendor base for export to Metaldyne's USA facilities. Hargis is a proven team builder for all plant facility production tooling, machining, quality, and production process requirements. |
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Stephen Cingel
General Manager, Horton Archery LLC
Mr. Cingel has over 16 years experience as professional manager and engineer. He was instrumental in the startup and staff training of Phase One of Wellman Products’ China famility in Suzhou. He implemented a Best Practices program to facilitate product rationalization between US and International facilities which resulted in customer approval and transfer times being reduced from more than six months to six weeks. Mr. Cingel has lots of experience with multi-million-dollar project budgets in both China and the US. He recently began a new position at Horton Archery. |